Larus

See also: larus and Lárus

Translingual

Larus heermanni

Etymology

From Latin larus (“a sea-bird, perhaps a gull”), from Ancient Greek λάρος (láros).

Proper noun

Larus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – many of the most common gulls.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Larinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Larus marinus - type species; Larus armenicus, Larus atlanticus, Larus cachinnans, Larus californicus, Larus crassirostris, Larus glaucoides, Larus livens, Larus michahellis, Larus occidentalis, Larus schistisagus, Larus smithsonianus, Larus thayeri, Larus vegae - species

References

• Larus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Larus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Larus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN